%0 Journal Article
%T Man and Horse in Byron’s Poetry
%A Coghen, Monika
%J Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis
%V First View (2024)
%N Volume 19, Issue 2


%@ 1897-3035
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-litteraria-uic/artykul/man-and-horse-in-byrons-poetry
%X In his poetry and in letters Byron occasionally writes of horses and uses the imagery of horse riding. This essay examines Byron’s representation of human-horse interactions and the ways in which the poet deploys the images of horse riding in The Giaour, Mazeppa, and Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. I would like to suggest that Byron’s representation of horses may be seen as figuratively reflective of his poetic development from the passion-spurred ride of the Giaour to the harmonious bond between horse and human that Mazeppa learns through his wild ride.